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Author: Fatnick
Outrun Europa
So the other day i popped down to RetroGameBase in Streatham ( absolutely amazing shop by the way – well, well, well worth a visit.) Despite an alarming amount of temptation sitting on every shelf, I managed to escape with just a couple of titles Read More …
New Single: Chase
Phew! Ever have one of those projects that starts out as simple, straight forward and whimsy, but ends on dragging on forever? This feels a little like that: I started out with the relatively simple idea of creating an 8-bit dance track and combining it Read More …
How do you stick it to your competition?
This goes a pretty long way : [youtube]http://youtu.be/kWSIFh8ICaA[/youtube]
First Sale Doctrine and Controlling Used Games
So a lot has been said about the Xbone, the PS4, and the possibility of controlling used game prices. This is an interesting one for me, as for once i’m able to wear both my musical and professional hats at the same time. As i’ve Read More …
Sega Pluto, anyone?
In 12 hours time, someone out there will be the proud owner of a Sega Pluto. What’s a Sega Pluto, i hear you ask? Well, it’s essentially a redesigned Saturn shell that combined both the Saturn console and the network peripheral in one device. Apparently Read More …
Make your own PIP-Boy!
Someone shared this with me, so I’d thought I’d share in turn: Here’s a step-by-step guide for making your very own PIP-Boy, the Radiation Detector-cum-PDA from the Fall Out series. I wish i had the Mad Skillz required for this sort of thing: http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-a-PIP-Boy/?ALLSTEPS
Monkey Man
This one’s a bit of fun: It’s an upbeat piece built around a number of samples from forgotten Sega/Westone arcade game ‘Riot City’
Fatnick Towers has moved
Nice day for it!
8th April: Review A Great Game Day
Right, so according to the nice chaps over at 1morecastle.com, today is review a great game day! Hurrah! But there are so many great games, how can you pick just one? should it be for the Megadrive? Saturn? What about the Snes, PS1 or N64? Read More …
Basic manners
So Mrs Fatnick and i are in the process of relocating to a new FATNICK TOWERS. How very exciting! Unfortunately, this means people are currently coming to view the current Fatnick. As the Terrible Spectrum Toddler capable of undoing any clean up operation in the Read More …
Still got it
So over the Easter Break I liberated my old Master System 2 from my parent’s house. This is pretty exciting stuff: The Master System was my very first cartridge-based console. Woo hoo! Having got her home and booted her up, here’s a video of me Read More …
Wing War
The great thing about mucking around with old arcade games is that, sometimes, you stumble across half-remembered titles which you weren’t completely sure existed. One title, for me, is Sega’s 1994 title Wing War. I remember seeing this once, in Read More …
Sega Classic: Action Fighter
Because it’s taken me AGES (to be this good, etc) to find a decent MAME/front end combination for the mac, we might as well get our money’s worth – so here’s a review of forgotten Sega classic, Action Fighter. Hurrah! Ok so describing this one Read More …
Retro Review: Riot City
For anyone wondering (ok, so you probably weren’t) the vocal samples from Monkey Man come from an old Sega-published Brawler called ‘Riot City.’ Never Heard of it? Me neither, until i discovered the soundtrack over on this site. Lets load her up and have a Read More …
New Single: Monkey Man
Hello folks, Blimey! I haven’t updated much this year have I? Things continue to be a little crazy. On the plus side, I have just about managed to put the finishing touches to a new track “Monkey Man.” It features obscure Arcade Game Samples, a Read More …
Podcasted!
The chaps over at 1morecastle have nicely decided to include one of my tracks on an edition of their podcast! Well worth a listen if you like all manner of retro gamey stuff. gogogo! 1MoreCastle
Oh look, I’m up on iTunes
Look at this: Fatnick has invaded the iTunes store. Click these links to download the Attack of the Terrible Lizard Kitty (Video Game Soundtrack) album and the 2012 EP But wait – there’s more! Both albums have tax-dodged their way onto Amazon as well. Look Read More …
2012
To get over the disappointment of he world not ending, Here’s an EP bundling all of my singles released in 2012. Attack of the Terrible Lizard Kitty is a fun comedic fusion of Drum’n’Bass and, well, Godzilla This Is Not… is a protest track about the Read More …
Procrastination Exercise Two: Jumping Flash
I’ve always had a bit of a soft spot for Jumping Flash! I first encountered it on one of the demo disks (what a quaint concept!) originally bundled with the Playstation One (the disk also included demos of Wipeout, Ridge Racer Revolution and a nifty Read More …